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Community engagement
 Transition conventions are helping personnel in Solomon Islands listen to local concerns
Flt-Lt Michael Moroney
MILITARY personnel deployed to
Solomon Islands are actively engaging
the community as part of the Operation
Anode change of mission and redeploy-
ment.
Members of the Regional Assistance
Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
and CTF 635 Civil-Military Liaison
(CML) team have held transition conven-
tions to give the local population a better
understanding of the changes to RAMSI
and the opportunity to raise concerns.
CML commander Capt Reed Powney
said the conventions reinforced the
key messages underlying the RAMSI
changes.
“The idea is to go out to the com-
munities and key stakeholders that we
have had dealings with, especially over
the past two years, and explain to them
what the transition process is about,” Capt
Powney said.
“We’ve had representatives from
RAMSI come and speak about the tran-
sition and we’ve had Royal Solomon
Islands Police Force (RSIPF) members
come and speak about how their capabil-
ity has been enhanced over the past few
years.”
Capt Powney said that although there
had been concerns at how the commu-
nity would react to the news of military
forces leaving, the conventions appeared
to instil confidence in the community of
the changes.
“The reception from the community
has been really good,” he said.
“There were some excellent questions
that have been coming from those who
attended and this has aided in providing
information relevant to those communi-
ties.”
After the addresses from the key staff
and community leaders, CTF 635 made
presentations to locals in appreciation for
their support in allowing military mem-
bers to conduct training on their proper-
ties.
After the withdrawal of the CTF, the
focus of defence engagement will change
from security support to capacity build-
ing, as part of the Defence Cooperation
Program.
RAMSI will increasingly focus on
strengthening the capacity of the RSIPF.
The New Zealand Defence Force,
Tongan Defence Service and PNG
Defence Force contributions will also be
withdrawn.
Revised goals:
LBdr Stjepan
Bosnjak plays
soccer with
children at
a Honiara
school before
the RAMSI
transition
convention.
Inset, CTF 635
personnel,
including
Australian and
Papua New
Guinea military
officers, attend
a transition
convention in
Honiara.
Photos by
LAC Oliver Carter
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